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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Other products. Among the minor products was 

 shad, the catch of which increased steadily from 1889 

 up to 1905, when it was reported as 485,000 pounds, 

 valued at $38,000. The catch in 1908 was compara- 

 tively small, amounting to only 122,000 pounds, 

 valued at $18,000. The entire product of that year 

 was taken from the Connecticut River, with the 

 exception of a small quantity, valued at $700, which 

 was caught in traps in Long Island Sound near the 

 mouth of the river named. 



Other fish, such as alewives, carp, eels, perch, pick- 

 erel, striped bass, and suckers, aggregating $17,000 

 in value, were caught in the Connecticut River. The 



total value of the fish obtained from this river was 

 $34,000. The greater part of the smelt were from the 

 Saugatuck River. 



Many fish that were formerly numerous in Connec- 

 ticut waters are no longer abundant. Less than 

 $700 worth of bluefish were caught in 1908, while in 

 1898 the value 'of this product was $33,000, and it 

 ranked third in value among the fishery products of 

 the state. The value of the halibut catch, which 

 was $20,000 in 1889, fell to $600 in 1908. In 1898 

 the value of sea bass taken amounted to $12,000, 

 compared with $5,400 in 1908. 



TABLE 1. CONNECTICUT FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



1 Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 33,189,000 pounds, valued at $2,614,000; pots, eel and lobster, 712,000 pounds, valued at $89,000; har- 

 poons, spears, etc., 533,000 pounds, valued at $43,000; firearms, 88,000 pounds, valued at $3,600; and minor apparatus, 1,400 pounds, valued at $6,000. 

 " Less than $100. 6,300 bushels. 2,342,000 bushels. 12,000 gallons. 



> Less than 100 pounds. ' 1,388,000 bushels. > 700 bushels. " 37,000 gallons. 



13,000 bushels. 211,000 bushels. " 90,000 bushels. "200 skins. 



6 4,200 bushels. 



